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Stormont Castle

Stormont Castle is a mansion in Belfast, Belfast district. It is on the official list as a Grade A listed building. There are 65 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with SS Nomadic (5.2 km).

Photo: Stormont Castle, Ross (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Belfast

inside the settlement

How well known

Top 4%

#334 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Historic house in Belfast

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#334 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (17 Wikipedias). About ↓

Inside Belfast

Stormont Castle is inside Belfast’s settlement, with 3 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade A listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Belfast has 1,287 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NISRA’s settlement limits and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Choosing a month

Afternoons in Belfast peak at 17–19°C, June to August.

Jan8° / 3°94 mm

Feb8° / 2°77 mm

Mar10° / 3°81 mm

Apr12° / 5°66 mm

May15° / 7°68 mm

Jun17° / 10°78 mm

Jul19° / 11°85 mm

Aug19° / 11°94 mm

Sep16° / 10°81 mm

Oct13° / 7°109 mm

Nov10° / 4°117 mm

Dec8° / 2°109 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Belfast, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Belfast. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Belfast’s full climate →

About

Stormont Castle

Its Wikipedia coverage spans 17 languages.

Belfast’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Listed: Grade A listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 17 languages
Town: in Belfast

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Where Stormont Castle is

The map puts Stormont Castle in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Stormont Castle

Home to 293,298 people, Belfast is the largest of these 8. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.

1 · It’s in town

Belfast

293,298 people · 51 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km southwest of it

Metropolitan Castlereagh

58,763 people · 39 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km north of it

Holywood

10,757 people · 18 places to visit

4 · 8.1 km southeast of it

Comber

9,529 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Stormont Castle is	People	Places to visit
Belfast	It’s in town	293,298	51
Metropolitan Castlereagh	1.1 km southwest of it	58,763	39
Holywood	2.5 km north of it	10,757	18
Comber	8.1 km southeast of it	9,529	4
Newtownards	9.3 km east of it	29,677	10
Carryduff	10 km south of it	7,173	6
Metropolitan Newtownabbey	11 km northwest of it	67,599	20
Greenisland	11 km north of it	5,383	8

Make a day of it

Pair Stormont Castle with these

Of the 65 within 15 km, look for 2 historic ships, 2 cathedrals and a garden.

Historic shipSS Nomadic5.2 km away 2

CathedralSt Anne's Cathedral, Belfast6.4 km away 3

GardenBotanic Gardens6.9 km away 4

Historic houseBelfast Castle8.5 km away 5

Historic shipHMS Caroline4.8 km away 6CathedralCathedralSt Peter's Cathedral7.4 km away 7MuseumMuseumUlster Museum7.1 km away 8

CastleCarrickfergus Castle12 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Good to know about Stormont Castle

Where is Stormont Castle?

Stormont Castle is in Belfast, Belfast, inside the town’s settlement.

What is Stormont Castle?

Mansion in Belfast, Belfast district, Northern Ireland, UK.

When is the best time to visit Stormont Castle?

June to August are the warmest months in Belfast, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Stormont Castle a listed building?

Yes: Grade A listed building.

What else is there to see near Stormont Castle?

Within 15 km: SS Nomadic (5.2 km), St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast (6.4 km), Botanic Gardens (6.9 km) and Belfast Castle (8.5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in NISRA’s Settlement Development Limits 2015 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (7)

Stormont Castle: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
SS Nomadic: Irid Escent, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast: The original uploader was Stuart at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Botanic Gardens: Robert Young, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Belfast Castle: Portwilliamborn, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Caroline: Surgeon Oscar Parkes, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Carrickfergus Castle: Stewart, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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